U.S. air traveler volumes are expected to be the highest since the Covid pandemic began.
XpresCheck, which offers testing at several major U.S. airports, said it's not running out of tests but it has hit appointment capacity during certain periods of the day, Doug Satzman, CEO of parent companyThe White House on Tuesday said the government will buy 500 million Covid tests that people can order for free online, starting in January. But the testing crunch is already upending some holiday plans.
A sign at a CVS store in Brooklyn notifying shoppers there are no more at home Covid-19 tests available on Dec. 21st, 2021.Because of omircron's spread, New York City-based Groosman said that she "would not have felt comfortable that a test taken 48 hours before [departure] would have been sufficient to feel comfortable visiting elderly parents."
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